Louky (Karviná)

Louky nad Olšíⓘ (Polish: Łąki nad Olząⓘ, German: Lonkau) (literally, "meadows upon Olza") is a village in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, since 1975 administratively a part of the city of Karviná as Louky, formerly a separate municipality.

It lies on the left bank of the Olza River, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.

[2] Politically the village belonged then to the Duchy of Teschen, a fee of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy.

Historically, the village owed its prosperity to its fortunate position between the important towns of Frysztat and Cieszyn.

Following the Munich Agreement, in October 1938 together with the Zaolzie region it was annexed by Poland, administratively organised in Frysztat County of Silesian Voivodeship.

Louky is a classic example of the devastation wrought by heavy industry, in this case, coal mining.